Pastes & Purées
Intense Flavor – A Little Goes a Long Way
Culinary Farms’ frozen and shelf-stable pastes and purées are processed in-house to assure greater control over product quality and inventory availability. They deliver true clean label, natural flavor with no adverse aftertaste.
Our popular tomato pastes come in two varieties — Sun Dried and Smoked Sun Dried, each delivering intense, rich tomato flavor.
Our pure chile pastes and purées are uniquely pungent, made from 100% natural dried Mexican and South American chiles. These pastes enable food service operators and food manufacturers to be on trend with consumer interest in Latin cuisine and chile-flavored foods.
The Natural Onion purée delivers all the flavor from fresh onion without tearing!
We also offer a spicy, yet savory line of Specialty Pastes and Purées. Add sizzle and wow to almost any food item with Chipotle Adobo, and Sriracha.
Pastes and purées are easy to use and blend quickly with other ingredients. A small amount goes a long way when adding these powerfully flavored ingredients. Frozen or shelf-stable, pastes and purées are an excellent ingredient format for bases, soups, sauces, marinades and dressings.
Our in-house formulation and processing capability enables us to produce customized pastes and purées to meet a customer’s desired ingredient composition and flavor profile. Give us a call to learn more about custom products and toll processing services.
Chile Pepper
Frozen Pastes & Purées from Powder
Aji Amarillo Paste
Bright yellow to orange chili pepper with medium heat. Notes of tropical fruit and citrus.
Use in light-colored chili sauces, dressings or chicken soup.
Pungency: 30,000-50,000 SHU
Aji Panca Paste
Deep red to burgundy chili pepper. Complexity of flavor with notes of berry. Registers hot on the front and then dissipates. Use in applications where a mild chili with full flavor is needed.
Pungency: 1,000-1,500 SHU
Anaheim purée
Red Anaheim chiles are very mild. Purée is dark burgundy. These chiles are slightly sweet – similar to a bell pepper but with a touch of heat.
Ancho Paste
Mild, sweet, fruity flavor with hints of licorice, coffee, dried plum, and raisin.
Indispensable for sauces and moles.
Pungency: 1,000-4,000 SHU
California Chile Purée
California Anaheim chiles are very mild. This capsicum purée is slightly sweet – similar to a bell pepper but with a touch of heat.
Pungency: 4,500 ≤ 7,000 SHU
Chilaca Paste
Mild chile flavor with a lovely sweet note, somewhat like a pungent red bell pepper.
Traditionally accompanies soups and mole.
Pungency: 1,000-2,500 SHU
Chile de Arbol Paste
Very hot, often used in sauces. Distinctive smoky, grassy flavor with acidic heat.
Pungency: 30,000-50,000 SHU
Chipotle Paste
Hot, smoky, sweet flavor, wonderfully complex, with chocolate and tobacco overtones.
Widely used in southwestern cooking. Great addition to beans, stews, salad dressings, grilled chicken and sauces.
Pungency: ≤ 30,000 SHU
*Available smoked
**Available fire roasted
Guajillo Paste
Medium heat with sweet overtones and a subtle spicy, earthy flavor.
A favorite in Mexico for soups and sauces.
Pungency: 2,000-8,000 SHU
Ghost Pepper Purée
One of the hottest peppers in the world. Tangy and sweet with a very fruity flavor. Use in hot sauces, BBQ sauces, or chutneys.
Pungency: 855,000-1,041,427 SHU
Habanero Paste
Intense, fiery, acidic heat with tropical fruit tones.
Hatch, Green Paste
Grown in the Hatch Valley region of New Mexico, this paste is lightly pungent – similar to an onion or garlic – with a subtly sweet, spicy, crisp, and smoky taste.
Pungency: ≤ 10,000 SHU
*Available smoked
Jalapeño Paste
Green Jalapeños are known as America’s favorite chile. They have mild to medium heat and have a sweet, earthy but bright flavor.
Pungency: 2,500-8,000 SHU
Pasilla Paste
AKA Chile Negro. The Pasilla Chile has a rich, smoky flavor with slight raisin and berry overtones and a touch of chocolate. Mild to medium heat.
A traditional component in mole sauce and excellent in red enchilada sauce, meat stews and seafood.
Fire Roasted Poblano, Green, Medium Purée
Fire roasted green poblano chiles with medium heat blended with water into a purée.
Pungency: 100 ≤ 1,500 SHU
Serrano Purée
Serrano peppers are one of the most flavorful chiles. They are hot and have a sweet, earthy but bright flavor.
Use to add flavor and heat to sauces and black bean dishes.
Pungency: 10,000-23,000 SHU
*Available fire roasted
Chile Pepper
Shelf-Stable Pastes & Purées
Ancho Purée
Mild, sweet, fruity flavor with hints of licorice, coffee, dried plum, and raisin.
Indispensable for sauces and moles.
Pungency: 1,000-4,000 SHU
Chilaca Paste
Mild chile flavor with a lovely sweet note, somewhat like a pungent red bell pepper. Traditional in soups and mole. Popular in Western Mexico.
Pungency: 1,000-2,500 SHU
Chile de Arbol Paste
Very hot, often used in sauces. Distinctive smoky, grassy flavor with acidic heat.
Pungency: 30,000-50,000 SHU
Chipotle Paste
Hot, smoky, sweet flavor, wonderfully complex, with chocolate and tobacco overtones.
Widely used in southwestern cooking. Great addition to beans, stews, salad dressings, grilled chicken and sauces.
Pungency: ≤30,000 SHU
Guajillo Paste
Medium heat with sweet overtones and a subtle spicy, earthy flavor.
A favorite in Mexico for soups and sauces.
Pungency: 2,000-8,000 SHU
*Available seasoned
Habanero Paste
Intense, fiery, acidic heat with tropical fruit tones.
Jalapeño Paste
Green Jalapeños are known as America’s favorite chile. They have mild to medium heat and have a sweet, earthy but bright flavor.
Pungency: 2,500-8,000 SHU
Pasilla Paste
The Pasilla Chile has a rich, smoky flavor with slight raisin and berry overtones and a touch of chocolate. Mild to medium heat.
A traditional component in mole sauce and excellent in red enchilada sauce, meat stews and seafood.
Bell Pepper, Green, Purée
Dehydrated sweet green bell peppers blended with water into a smooth purée.
Bell Pepper, Red, Purée
Dehydrated sweet red bell peppers blended with water into a smooth puree.
Chipotle Adobo Blend
Bold spicy and tangy base with smoky chipotle and Mexican herb flavors.
Pungency: < 5,000 SHU
Chipotle, Smoky Honey Blend
Smoky sweet heat chipotle seasoning blended with water into a smooth puree.
Garlic Purée
Dehydrated garlic blended with water into a smooth puree.
*Available Craft Smoked
Onion Purée
All the flavor from fresh onion without tearing!
Dehydrated onion blended with water into n smooth puree.
*Available Craft Smoked
Smoky Jerk Purée
Spicy and smokey jerk seasoning blended with water into a smooth puree.
Sriracha Purée
Sweet and fruity with moderate heat. A blend of select chile peppers, sugar, garlic, tomato, paprika, onion, and natural flavors.
Excellent for sauces, dressings, dips, and marinades.
Pure Sun Dried™ Tomato Paste
Dehydrated tomato blended with water into o smooth paste.
*Available Craft Smoked
Tomatillo, Blanched, Purée
Puréed fresh tomatillos. Clean and tangy flavor.
Tomatillo, Fire Roasted, Purée
Puréed roasted fresh tomatillos. Sweet and tangy flavor.